side with
phrasal verb
sided with; siding with; sides with
: to agree with or support the opinions or actions of (someone)
She sided with her friend in the argument.
They betrayed their country and sided with the enemy.
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And in voting for this budget bill, Senate Republicans sided with billionaires, against the middle class, in total obeisance to Donald Trump.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Now, in the fifth hour of surgery, a physician’s assistant leaned over her midsection, closing an incision along her side with some final stitches.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court has issued a string of rulings on its emergency docket, where the conservative majority has at least partially sided with Trump amid a wave of lower court orders slowing the president’s sweeping agenda.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The first thing to notice in this story is that despite the dictator’s enormous wealth and power, God is unimpressed and sides with the immigrants instead.
—Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Now, in the fifth hour of surgery, a physician’s assistant leaned over her midsection, closing an incision along her side with some final stitches.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court has issued a string of rulings on its emergency docket, where the conservative majority has at least partially sided with Trump amid a wave of lower court orders slowing the president’s sweeping agenda.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The first thing to notice in this story is that despite the dictator’s enormous wealth and power, God is unimpressed and sides with the immigrants instead.
—Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Side with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20with. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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